Heartbreaking news: The 40-year-old actress revealed she used her mother Marcheline Bertrand's surgeon to remove her own ovaries, after the doctor promised her late parent she would perform the surgery
Brad Pitt praises his wife Angelina Jolie's courage in a new joint interview.The husband and wife appeared on the Today Show on Monday, where they discussed the actress' decision to undergo preventative double mastectomy in 2013, and the surgery to remove her ovaries earlier this year.'There was no vanity to my wife's approach,' the 51-year-old said. 'It was mature.'Scroll down for video
'It was mature': Brad Pitt praises his wife Angelina Jolie's courage in a new joint interview on TODAY
He said that her approach to the situation was to make the best of it, explaining: 'There was a strength in that. It was just another one of those things in life that makes you tighter and she was doing it for the kids, and she was doing it for her family so we could be together.'
Angelina had the double mastectomy at the age of 37, after learning that she had an 87 per cent risk of developing breast cancer due to a defective BRCA1 gene.
Due to the same anomaly, she had a 50 per cent risk of developing ovarian cancer and decided to get the oophorectomy two years later, which brought upon early menopause.
Angelina, 40, went on to discuss how her mother had a secret pact with her surgeon.
'We had some of the same nurses, some of the same doctors,' the star told Tom Brokaw.
Challenging: The star discussed going through early menopause due to her surgeries
Heartbreaking: The 40-year-old actress revealed she used her mother Marcheline Bertrand's surgeon to remove her own ovaries, after the doctor promised her late parent she would perform the surgery
Supportive husband: Angelina praised her husband for supporting her through her preventative double mastectomy in 2013, and the surgery to remove her ovaries earlier this year
Angelina Jolie is pictured with her mother Marcheline Bertrand at the premiere of Jolie's film 'Original Sin' in Hollywood in July 31, 2001. Bertrand, died aged 56 in 2007 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999
'So, the doctor that did my ovary surgery was my mother's doctor. And apparently my mother had said to her, "Promise me you will take Angie's ovaries out." So when we kind of got together, we both had a big cry, and she said, "I promised your mother, and I gotta do this."'
Angelina's mother, who was also an actress, Marcheline Bertrand, died at the age of 56 in 2007 after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 1999.
The actress turned writer-director also discussed in the same interview how her new film By The Sea, which co-stars Brad, was inspired by her grief over losing her mother.
Emotional: The actress spoke vulnerably about her ordeal and her mother's pact with surgeon to remove actress' ovaries
Taken from life experience: 'We can't say what the whole film is about, but a lot of the film was when I went to visit my mom in the hospital'
Heart-wrenching: The actor voiced gratitude for his wife's courage
Personal: The actress turned writer-director also discussed in the same interview how her new film By The Sea, which co-stars Brad, was inspired by her grief over losing her mother
Listening closely: Angelina listened as her husband discussed the challenges they faced as a family
'We can't say what the whole film is about, but a lot of the film was when I went to visit my mom in the hospital, when she found out she had cancer the first time, she was gonna have her ovaries removed, (and) she was very upset, feeling like... they're taking out her parts that were female, and there was a woman down the hall who was wailing. I later found out it was a young woman who had not had children yet, and that put everything into perspective.'
'Every woman is different when they go through menopause, and...I didn't know emotionally how I would feel,' the star admitted. 'I knew the breast would be a bigger surgery and physically changing. The ovaries is more, your hormones changing and your emotions changing, but it's different. You feel different.'
Rite of passage: The actress spoke about the emotional and internal changes that ocurr during menopause
Praise: Brad movingly talked about how his wife's choice to undergo surgery was for their children and for him
Strengthened: The two actors said the trials in their life have only brought them closer together
Brave: Angelina has been very vocal about her choice to undergo a double mastectomy and oophorectomy
Tender: The pair still managed to share some laughs as they discussed emotional topics
The experience, meanwhile, only strengthened her marriage to Brad. 'She was doing it for the kids,' the actor said proudly of his wife, 'and she was doing it for her family so we could be together.'
'I knew through the surgeries that he was on my side and that this wasn't something where I was gonna feel less of a woman because my husband wasn't gonna let that happen,' the Salt star explained.
'To face these issues together and speak about them and talk about what it is to be human, I think can be a beautiful thing.'
Moving forward: The star is committed to exploring her new career as a writer, director, and producer
Angelina said of their new film By The Sea: 'We were joking... We were saying, like..."See, this is the beginning. And then this is ten years later. This is what 10 years of marriage will do to you."'
More drama: A new trailer for By The Sea was released on Friday, and provided plenty of tense moments
By The Sea will mark the first film the two have collaborated on since Mr. And Mrs, Smith (2005), where the duo fell in love.
Angelina said of their new film: 'We were joking... We were saying, like... "See, this is the beginning. And then this is 10 years later. This is what 10 years of marriage will do to you."'
The couple, who have six children, married in August 2014 after nine years together, and spent their honeymoon filming new drama By The Sea on the Maltese island of Gozo.
Pure fiction: The actors play a couple whose marriage is on the brink of collapse, and Angelina insists the story is not based on their own relationship
More than words: The new trailer does not feature any dialogue at all, adding to the intensity
However she is quick to point out that the story – about a couple whose marriage is on the brink of collapse – is not based on their own relationship.
‘I'm counting on the audience to know that if it was close to us at all, we could never make this film,’ Angelina explained. ‘It's because we're actually very, very stable and these aren't our issues.’
A new trailer for the 1970s set drama was released on Friday, but doesn’t give too much away.
With no dialogue, the clip still shows plenty of tense moments between the volatile characters, with Roland (Brad) getting aggressive and Vanessa (Angelina) popping pills.
By The Sea will be released in the US on November 13 and the UK on December 11.
One big happy family: The couple, who have six children, married in August 2014 after nine years together, pictured in June at Los Angeles International Airport
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Heartbreaking news: The 40-year-old actress revealed she used her mother Marcheline Bertrand's surgeon to remove her own ovaries, after the doctor promised her late parent she would perform the surgery
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